The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1887-02-02
AN EXPENSIVE SUIT OF CLOTHES.
Relics of th" Confcdermcy Presented to the
National Museum.
From the Washington Star.D

ikclirS OF the fnnfnIernt,-
National MuSc,,nn
(From the Washington starl
"That suit of clothes cost mo eight
thousand and two hundred dollarsl' said
II tall, stout, fine appearing gentleman
with an Intelligent face half hidden by y
luxuriant iron.gray beard. The gcntIe.
man was DIR. j. IL. Magic, Of ST. Angus
tine, Florida, and his listener Star re-
porter, For II long time the authorities
OF the National Museum have cndcavorcd
to obtain uniform worn by Confcd-
crate oiiicer during the late struggle. At
that tune Dr. Maggie was II surgeon by
commission Ill the Confederate service
ana actlVeiy employed in the field,
GlicIiy III 1'ehGfat W. j. ltardcc's corps,
kno"ll rs tic 3rd army corps. He has
"iSo obtained somo prominence by IL
S,tC 10 .hy National Museum of n valua-
pic coliection OF United States one cent
PiCceS. a snort while after this he pro-
S'nteu the same museum with the
uhliorm mentioned, and also some addi-
.ioli"i fclicS OF the Contcdcracy. They
m"Nc peen placed by the museum au-
1!iElitieS iil glass caSo-thc first to the
I,S'lt on tilc cehtcr aisle as you enter by
,ii ny noFtil "oor-in which also arc cX~
t uioitc" thc c!oth"s worn by General
o"uV' ANNA, OIL Mexican fame.
\ REGULATIONS CONFEDERATE COAT
Pictures acoomnonvinm D, Er,,.
coat show the pnttnrn Tb;nb ,r,' a - ;
Uuircd to bc worn. The colIn,, ,,.n.
covered with black yclyct onl flo =,
signum of rank waso loryo '.nId ,,r n,. 49, 49,
broidcrcd star uloccd nnnr Az r,,,,t ,,,I o.,'
point on line win tl,n r,n. 'iI,,. I., '''i''
on each side. The sleeves were covered
WIN chcNronS OF gold lace, and as per
l"'ccoih represented IN the picture. The
ounS :! were Oh Ditck cloth on velvet, cut
',a Ti'i PONY u, up thc outSido seam OF the
IroNc. nc vests represent iull dress i'll
% pluG cioIil' and fatigue dress in gray
cio'i. Inc pants, OF regulation pat
.cfn' were Oh dark blue cloth, having an
ihcn STRIPE Oh hiack velvet the whole
,u,@'a VI tlic outer seam and edged with
'"itoM 8"lo incr; Inc buttons N lSGt
EoS' f Que hundred dollars each. The Z Id
lnco one l,''horoH dollars per yard. The
6,"y wy" "i ''to UNIFORM, trimmings
1nTi 'I,lIi in"Niii8' COSY over eight thousand
uTi'a'5 III Noillc"cf"tc currency, and
min'l - 'ciI was worn IN active service
,,,Iai ,roi;i oiic itlSt '''y mat 1T was pat on
"tIii ti .'ol!In or I"o after thc explosion
" .i'' S"iiicuGr'Cy y, ,,S, occurred at Greens
ooi ., AZ. =. Lac po!t mas the state arms
1n"s'iS Oh liic nUckle. IL was re-
~, ~ ~ .'''ttlnl 'iarucc ana presented
~ hl'A I" surgeon Magic when the
'lool'H "i''' "cco''Vr'mrht@ OF the Arkan-
S''9 S'H coi5''li@chl were transferred to the
IVY INC pro iotilin ceremonies
~ Tiii'H TccIitc" at focahontoS, Ark,
~ = "i'' '""l'
81 ''SIi',rE FOR \ AAHi.
nc green cofd, "ri$tnaity curtain
NGtH' - 49, Wv "HC" "u'IuS 'lv i'5t TWO years
'J;,,' ot '"o war rs substitute for the green
81" '''Sh' winch 'lo regulations required
loi surgeon equipments. The first
oio ';n uot" ny surgeon NH8lc was mag
tnan'ii ti'n.oIlC woven YEN SILK SASH with lovely
ti',"o'1 tTm" '''.! n''iioli ori''ihel ts' AS the
" antomuH "nro broken "nd became I'M
nix NV pieces were Pi1ltCd INTO
Mmtp oin'herS' ana "!So used by the
'i|,, ~ i"'cit rcilts hi!d broken
I; b"!ot' ~ o''tiloS' ctc. remnant OF a
Sri'iI Nni.I - SpccIniGh "l what surgeon
tI,% Ia,t' ; ",ii ioi ii'"hy ihoh'hS Oh
,,a,.."I p',Io' Gl inc war. AS he
I;.t oIiitC" irTiil 'iclilpiii9 III iTHl WIN hnen
";al' r "''lo,i ooa' SiN 6olu collars Il
III, n,tLo, VIC Goti'l"SV ol tl'ch an" now Is
'f . @ S'I' ooiiil.irn''tS on thc results
~ ~ m''i, i "';' csi'ccmiiy Oh "eieat ana ITS
"'' ,'G',;iV ,'';,i ;.ooiycilichccs' tin 'kltch-
rm, ,,,,,ti WIN l.S N''r'ouS "pPur'enhnceS, also
pi.""ii'Eu ~ ''iG museum ny Dr, Magic,
n'II m", ~ ".'I'oio 'rlch" 10 s3lnior VINO
ooa'i, oo,'l>' 'n 49, ~, pcB o' S'c"l eggs 10
I1T ~ .o,io ~ '"ii ci inttohS 20 carry.
.'o"', "nCt'4 Il'h iOI gen
NA"i ''Ni Wv y ''ii't oOlNtItlS purposes.